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The Federal Reserve began its two-day policy meeting on Tuesday, opening deliberations that are expected to see it announce a pull back of the stimulus it put in place to support the US economy at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Central bankers have clearly telegraphed plans to slow their massive monthly bond buying program that helped stave off a financial collapse as the world's largest...

Former Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell, who ran on a pro-police message, led the returns in the race for Seattle mayor by nearly 30 points against progressive M. Lorena González, the current president, late Tuesday. Harrell told FOX 13 in Seattle Tuesday he thought his message resonated with voters.  "I’m not a status quo politician, they want the homeless issue addressed with a...

As complaints about crime and safety issues stack up in Ballard, a prominent Starbucks location has suddenly closed in the heart of the neighborhood. A Starbucks spokesperson told KOMO News the company wants to update the location to make it more welcoming. People in the neighborhood said workers at the Starbucks at 2200 NW Market Street felt threatened and demanded better security. Ballard Health...

This election, voters are making clear that homelessness is their top issue. No matter who they voted for, voters say they are unhappy with the city’s current homelessness response. “Increased crime and homelessness,” said Crystal Rutherford, a Seattle voter, about her top concerns. “Things with the unhoused people who are in Seattle. Having access to equitable housing,” said Meena Mahmood, anothe...

Even before election results appeared on the big screen at presumptive mayor-elect Bruce Harrell’s campaign party Tuesday night, the mood in the room—a cavernous upstairs event space overlooking Second Avenue downtown—was jubilant. The campaign for mayor has been unusually ugly, and the candidates’ dislike for each other has been palpable. A late-breaking dispute over a González ad that the Harrel...

Voters in Democratic cities nationwide Tuesday soundly rejected measures to defund the police and elected candidates who campaigned strongly on issues of crime and law enforcement. Eric Adams, a former NYPD captain who easily won the New York mayoral race, had presented a nuanced message regarding issues of law enforcement. He had spoken out against injustices in the department and advocated for B...

Southwest Airlines said Sunday it's conducting an internal investigation after one of its pilots used a phrase that's become a stand-in for insulting President Joe Biden during the pilot's greeting to passengers over the plane's public address system last week. The airline announced its investigation after The Associated Press reported the incident in a story about the growing...

The news is the latest in an abrupt turn of fortune for the Seattle-based company's iBuying service. The move is sure to have ripple effects for housing markets across the U.S., as Zillow has purchased thousands of homes through its Zillow Offers program. Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW, and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic...

After more than 18 months of pandemic-driven eviction limits, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said he will allow the latest version of Washington’s eviction moratorium to expire on Sunday.  That move will open the door for an influx of new eviction cases and test key tenant protections for the first time since the pandemic upended the legal process last year.  “We have to have some end to the moratoriu...

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate has caused an historic staffing crisis within the Seattle Fire Department. SFD is routinely turning units offline due to a lack of staff. The department is leaning on significant overtime hours to fill open 24-hour shifts. Not only does this lead to staff burnout, but SFD is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process. But it’s sti...

Value-add apartment investors are back in action, and they are driving a boom in the bridge lending market. It’s all thanks to the great migration during the pandemic. As people traded urban living for secondary markets, including tech hubs, apartment rents in small metros and suburban markets climbed to record heights—and the trend hasn’t stopped in 2021. “Rent growth has supported transitional b...

Kanye West's apparel brand Yeezy was hit by a lawsuit from the State of California on Friday, alleging illegal shipping delays.  California says Yeezy "repeatedly violated" the state's business code "by failing to ship items within thirty days and failing to provide adequate delay notices to California consumers, or provide an offer of a refund," according to the laws...

Aaron Cunningham had no idea the nightmare he was signing up for when he agreed to lend around $1.6 million to the owner of two distressed properties — an 11-unit motel and an adjacent, three-story apartment building — on Aurora Avenue North. Cunningham is the founder and CEO of Inland Capital, a Spokane-based private money lender that typically provides short-term loans to real estate investors t...

It's not your imagination. California, like the rest of the nation, is paying more at the pump. Prices are so high — and consumers are so perplexed — that a Google search of “Why are gas prices going up?” has spiked this month. Likewise, people are pleading: “When are gas prices going down?” which has also been trending on Google. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is...

The Washington Department or Labor and Industries (L&I) filed an emergency rulemaking package last week extending emergency powers to Democrat Governor Jay Inslee. This package, which is an extension of current mandates, grants Inslee the ability to enforce COVID vaccine mandates on all private businesses in the state of Washington, according to elected officials. Washington state house repres...

More than 150 families living in San Francisco have hired private security to patrol their streets amid brazen property crimes, with some saying they no longer feel safe in their own neighborhood.  "We don’t feel safe in our neighborhood," one local resident told CBS SF. "And we have an alarm, we have cameras on our property, but we want the extra security of having someone have eye...

A LOT OF TRENDS that have been going on since pandemic lockdowns first started are continuing: A central location is less of a priority, and suburbs are heating up more than ever. But as amenities return to denser, urban areas and some return to offices, downtown condos are back on the rise—and the market is likely only going to get more competitive from here. The story is not entirely straightfor...

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is looking to hire deputies, and its recruitment strategy includes telling potential applicants that they do not need a COVID-19 vaccine to work. "NO Mandatory Vaccinations Required" is displayed in the middle and end of the 30-second video advertisement on Twitter at twitter.com/SpokaneSheriff. Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said those parts of the ad a...

King County is ready to take the lead on revitalizing a park that for years had left courthouse workers terrified. Homeless campers had taken over City Hall Park, which is adjacent to the King County Courthouse, until the mounting crime and violence led to a sweep this summer. The King County Council voted 7-2 this week to acquire the park from Seattle. However, this is more than just a change of...

Seattle police and firefighters who are out of jobs for refusing to comply with Washington's vaccine mandate were seen feeding the homeless in video spreading on social media.  "Seattle firefighters and Seattle police officers that were fired for not complying with the vaccine mandate are out feeding the homeless," the Post Millennial tweeted Tuesday, accompanied by video footage of...

There was a Seattle home listing that was brought to the attention of the Dori Monson Show in which the person who listed the home, and is a landlord, said they’re selling it with their tenant it in. “Personally, I’m not interested in being a landlord in our little communist corner of the country anymore when you no longer really own the property you paid for and took the risk to own,” the post sa...

Home prices are so high even Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) (NASDAQ: ZG) is throwing in the towel. Zillow just announced it will cease buying homes through its Zillow Offers business, which operates as an iBuyer, or instant buyer. In the second quarter, Zillow bought 3,800 homes and just announced it will not buy any more for the rest of the year. Zillow will honor its commitment, however, to buy all the home...

A group of around 100 "anarchists" caused more than $500,000 worth of damage to businesses and government buildings in downtown Portland Tuesday night, according to the Portland Police Bureau.  The destruction happened at a memorial of sorts for Sean Kealiher, an anti-fascist activist who was struck and killed by an SUV after leaving a left-wing hangout on October 12, 2019. Police say th...

Walgreens said Tuesday that it will be closing another five San Francisco locations, citing the ongoing rampant theft plaguing the city. "Due to ongoing organized retail crime, we have made the difficult decision to close five stores across San Francisco," a Walgreens spokesperson told FOX Business in a statement. "Each store will transfer prescriptions to a nearby Walgreens locatio...

The Seattle Fire Department insists public safety will remain a top priority even though dozens of first responders could lose their should they choose to not vaccinate against COVID. Seattle city officials say as of Wednesday, about 88% of the department’s employees have been vaccinated, but that means dozens of first responders are at risk of losing their jobs. One firefighter cleared out his lo...